AnkangUniversity (hereinafter known as AKU) is a public university administered by Shaanxi Provincial Government, China. AKU is located in AnkangCity, in southern ShaanxiProvince, among the Qinling-BashanMountains, lying on the shore of Hanjiang River, adjacent to HubeiProvince, Chongqing municipality and SichuanProvince. Ankang city is the geometric center of the Central Shaanxi province, Chengdu-Chongqing and Jianghan Economic Zones. The city boasts an extraordinary ecological and geographical environment with pleasant climate, rich natural resources, beautiful landscape and convenient transportation, which together make the city an ideal place to live and work.

Working at AKU

To meet the needs of further development, AKU welcomes all the talents from different nationalities and cultural backgrounds to join us. If you are interested in working with us, you can check current vacant positions in the below chart.

Schools

Required discipline or majors

Current Openings

School of Mathematics & Statistics

Mathematics/Applied Mathematics

5-6

Statistics or relevant majors

5-6

School of Electronics & Information Engineering

Computer Science & Technology

5-6

Electronic Engineering

5-6

Digital Media Technology

5-6

Applied Physics

5-6

Internet of Things Engineering

5-6

Electronic Commerce

5-6

School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering & Technology

5-6

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

5-6

Pharmaceutical Engineering

5-6

School of Literature & Communication

School of Literature & Communication

Comparative Literature/Foreign Literature/Cultural Industry

5-6

Secretarial Science

5-6

Network Media/Media/Journalism

5-6

Schoolof Politics & Social Development

Social Work

5-6

MedicalSchool

Clinical Medicine

5-6

Nursing/Rehabilitation Medicine/Physical Medicine

5-6

School of

Foreign Studies

English or Relevant Majors

5-6

School of

Physical Education

Sports Science

5-6

School of Education

Preschool Education

5-6

Pedagogy/Psychology

5-6

School of Arts

Fine Arts

5-6

Musicology

5-6

Visual Communication Design

5-6

School of Economics & Management

Business Administration/Financial Management

5-6

Accounting/Auditing

5-6

Geotechnical Engineering/

Construction Management

5-6

Finance

5-6

Architecture/Construction and Management of Civil Engineering

5-6

School of

Modern Agriculture &

Biotechnology

Landscape Engineering/

Landscape Design

5-6

Food Science/Food Safety

5-6

Schoolof

Tourism& Environment

Tourism Management/

Hotel Management

5-6

City Planing/Landscape Planing

5-6

Geographic Information (GIS)

5-6

Requirements for Applicants

Applicants with doctorate degrees in relevant disciplines or specialties are invited for all the vacancies shown in the above chart. Also, as a successful applicant:

1.You are expected to fit the needs of personnel cultivation and academic specialty development of AKU;

2.Your age needs to be under 40 (Outstanding applicants: under 45);

3.You are expected to possess high-quality academic achievements with great potential.

Preference will be given to applicants with post-doctoral research experience or the academic titles like professor/associate professor.

Salary & Welfare

Chart 1: Employment Types and Working Treatment

Full-time Employees(become a permanent staff of public institutions of China ):

Short-term Employees

(Contract Period: 4 years; renewable after expiration)

*Salary:

1)Basic Salary: According to the standard wage of staff of public institutions of Shaanxi Province, China;

2)Performance-related pay: RMB ¥70,000-120,000

*Setting-in Allowance (according to the classification of applicants- Chart 2):

*According to the classification, applicants of different category can apply for academic titles respectively (special-term professor, special-term associate professor, or receive associate professor’s salary at the first three years working in AKU).

2) Enjoy same extra allowance during the hot or cold weather and festival welfare as our current employees.

Chart 2: Classifications of Applicants

Category A

Applicants for Category A should meet Article 1 and Article 2 or Article 3:

1)be selected to join “Thousand People Plan"-Youth Talents Program of Shaanxi Province; or provincial talents program approved by governments of other provinces;

2)for doctors of Natural Science: be an independent author (or first author) of at least 2 papers published in journals indexed in SCI Zone 1 (in your own professions).

3)for doctors of Humanities and Social Science: be an independent author or first author of at least 3 papers published in SSCI Non-Open Access Journals (in your own professions), and 5 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

Main Benefits & Allowance:

1)Setting-in Allowance: ¥1,000,000 (installment payment):

1styear: ¥400,000

2ndyear: ¥300,000

3rdyear: ¥300,000

2)Research Start-up Allowance:

¥150,000 (Natural Science)

¥100,000 (Humanities and Social Science)

3) Have the opportunity to apply for the special-term professor title.

Category B

Applicants for Category B should meet at least one of the conditions below:

1) Holding the doctorate in the disciplines of Nursing and Rehabilitation Medicine;

2) for doctors of Natural Science: be the first author of at least 2 papers published in journals indexed in SCI Zone 2 (in your own professions), and 4 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

3) for doctors of Humanities and Social Science: be the first author of at least 2 papers published in SSCI journals (in your own professions), and 3 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

Main Benefits & Allowance:

1)Setting-in Allowance: ¥600,000 (installment payment):

1styear: ¥200,000

2ndyear: ¥200,000

3rdyear: ¥200,000

2)Research Start-up Allowance:

¥150,000 (Natural Science)

¥100,000 (Humanities and Social Science)

3)Have the opportunities to apply for the special-term associate professor title.

4) Applicants who meet the first condition can receive associate professor’s salary at the first three years working in AKU.

Category C

Applicants for Category C should meet at least one of the conditions below:

2)for doctors of Natural Science: be the first author of at least 1 paper published in journals indexed in SCI Zone 2 (in your own professions), or 6 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

3)for doctors of Humanities and Social Science: be the first author of at least 1 paper published in SSCI journals (in your own professions), or 4 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

Main Benefits & Allowance:

1)Setting-in Allowance: ¥400,000 (installment payment):

1styear: ¥150,000

2ndyear: ¥150,000

3rdyear: ¥100,000

2)Research Start-up Allowance:

¥100,000 (Natural Science)

¥50,000( Humanities and Social Science)

3)Applicants can receive associate professor’s salary at the first three years working in AKU.

Category D

Applicants for Category D should meet at least one of the conditions below:

1)for doctors of Natural Science: be the first author of at least 3 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

2)for doctors of Humanities and Social Science: be the first author of at least 2 papers published in CSSCI/CSCD (core library) journals (in your own professions).

Main Benefits & Allowance:

1)Setting-in Allowance: ¥300,000 (installment payment):

1styear: ¥100,000

2ndyear: ¥100,000

3rdyear: ¥100,000

2)Research Start-up Allowance:

¥100,000 (Natural Science)

¥50,000( Humanities and Social Science)

3) Applicants can receive associate professor’s salary at the first three years working in AKU.

Category E

Applicants for Category E should hold doctorate in relevant disciplines and specialties required by AKU.

Main Benefits & Allowance:

1)Setting-in Allowance: ¥250,000 (installment payment):

1styear: ¥100,000

2ndyear: ¥100,000

3rdyear: ¥50,000

2)Research Start-up Allowance:

¥100,000 (Natural Science)

¥50,000( Humanities and Social Science)

3) Applicants can receive associate professor’s salary at the first three years working in AKU.